The game officially begins.
David Lee makes a jump ball.
Although O'Neal has long played the floor, he still has the right to jump the ball by virtue of his height advantage.
The Knicks' inside height has always been at a disadvantage. Even the center David Lee in the inside is only 2.06 meters tall.
So in terms of jump balls, the Knicks have always been at a disadvantage.
This is also the case, the Cavaliers won the first offensive ball.
After Mo Williams got the ball, he took possession of the ball half court and handed it to James.
At this time, Mo Williams did not dare to treat James the way he treated Yi Jianlian like he did with the Bucks.
In fact, in the Bucks, Mo Williams just didn't pass the ball to Yi Jianlian, mainly because Yi Jianlian's tactical status in the Bucks was low.
And Mo Williams is an attacking guard, which belongs to the same type as Parker and Harris, with fewer assists and strong offensiveness.
He and Chris Duhon belong to two types. Chris Duhon belongs to a point guard who lacks offense and has excellent defense.
After James received the ball, Lian Dao also stepped forward to defend him.
The Cavaliers' tactics are very simple, give the ball to James and let him decide.
But the current head coach of the Cavaliers still hasn't found James' instruction manual.
LeBron is not suitable for cooperation with low-post big centers, and the current Cavaliers have always been equipped with big centers.
A big center means tall but slow, slowing down the overall offensive rhythm, and it is really inappropriate to partner with James.
But James is really lucky to cooperate with Big Z, and Big Z can shoot long two-pointers from 16 feet away, which will open up space for James.
The same is true for Drew Gooden, who already has a certain long two-point shooting ability.
In fact, the best match with James is the space-type inside line, which does not occupy the ball and can provide fire support for James.
And this season they traded O'Neal. In his later years, O'Neal is far from the low-post power of his peak, and he has no range, and he has to play as high as 65.4% of the low-post offense, which seriously hinders LeBron's breakthrough space.
Historically, this season when O'Neal is on the court, the Cavaliers' offensive efficiency is only 105.7. When he is not on the court, the Cavaliers' offensive efficiency is as high as 110.2.
In games where O'Neal was absent, the Cavaliers' winning percentage was much higher than in games in which O'Neal participated. In the playoffs, the Cavaliers lost to the Celtics in the second round—they didn't even meet Warcraft. In history, O'Neal's signing was a complete failure.
James held the ball on the outside and watched Lian Dao defending him. At this time, he did not get rid of Lian Dao's defense in two consecutive disguises. At this time, James turned sideways, deliberately lowered his left shoulder, and then used his foot violently. He hit it directly.
The moment James bumped into him, Lian Dao also went up to him to defend himself. The force of the bump made Lian Dao feel a pain in his chest, followed by a huge sense of oppression.
But Lian Dao resisted with all his strength, without giving in.
James didn't expect that this rookie who was not as strong as himself would dare to meet him.
This made James feel a little uncomfortable. You don't even know that I am a little emperor unless I teach you a lesson.
However, unlike what James imagined, the rookie on the opposite side was not knocked away by him.
On the contrary, the force of the rebound directly disrupted his dribbling rhythm. At this time, he was struggling to stabilize his dribbling.
However, the big yellow-skinned hand reached out to the ball that he hadn't stabilized yet.
"Snapped!"
He shot the basketball directly to the midfield, and at this moment, Wilson Chandler took the first step to control Lian Dao's steal and went straight to the frontcourt.
"The Great Era of Rebirth"
At this time, James was also shocked after being robbed, and directly stepped forward to chase Wilson Chandler.
Until he came to the inside, James also caught up with Chandler and saw Chandler wanting to layup.
"Don't think about it!"
James also roared at this time, jumped up vigorously, and directly blocked Chandler's layup.
At this time, Chandler also knew that James was behind him, so he changed the layup to a high-throw pass.
Wilson Chandler's passing is nothing to rave about.
The passing point is really too high. At this time, Chandler also found the problem and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
If this ball had been a standard error before.
However, this time Lian Dao struggled to take off, and directly caught Chandler's pass in the air. His body was like a roc bird, and after stretching out, he was like a bow. The height is just riding on James' body, and the basketball in his hand smashes towards the basket.
"Boom!"
A thunderous buckle directly shocked Madison Square Garden, and the audience fell silent.
James was also staggered by Lian Dao's brute force.
No one expected that Lian Dao not only caught a goal that was originally a mistake by Wilson Chandler, but also rode James to dunk the basketball into the basket.
But immediately, all the audience reacted, and in an instant, deafening cheers sounded from the Madison Square Arena.
Even Spike Lee jumped up from the bench excitedly, chanting excitedly.
On the Knicks' bench, all the players looked at Lian Dao with god-like eyes, and then screamed loudly, waving the towels in their hands with all their might.
At this time, even D'Antoni looked at Lian Dao in surprise.
He really didn't expect that Lian Dao would have such a hand.
At this time, James was also stunned by this sudden buckle.
But immediately, the cheers at the scene made him react instantly, and his face directly turned into charcoal.
"Oh, Kenny, what did I see, UU reading www.uukanshu.com oh hahaha, this is a dunk, it's so cool, Sickle dunked James, it's incredible."
"Kenny, did you see that Sickle can jump so high, his feet seem to be loaded with springs, this has never happened in previous competitions, this guy is still evolving, it's incredible gone."
At this time, Barkley also held his head in his hands, his eyes were wide open, and his mouth was open.
Unbelievable was written all over his face.
At this time, Kenny was also a little confused. Did all the current rookies grow up eating springs?
Or, Lian Dao has eaten a lot of spring yellow recently.
"It's unbelievable, this time James has become the biggest backdrop!" At this moment, Kenny came back to his senses and muttered to himself.
"This time, I'm afraid it will directly inspire the strongest James."
Kenny added another sentence.
At this time, Barkley also came back to his senses and nodded seriously.
As for why Lian Dao can jump so high and catch the pass that was originally missed.
That's because the previous task 5. "Won the best of the week in the NBA rookie season" has been completed.
The reward of task five, "Randomly increase the value of an attribute to reach the upper limit." was also issued.
And Lian Dao happened to be on Bounce randomly at that time, and Lian Dao's Bounce is also the upper limit of the instantaneous attribute value: 94.
Otherwise, Wilson Chandler's pass will only be a mistake, not a classic goal!
The classic degree of your goal depends on the strength of your opponent and the degree of mistakes of your teammates.
With James as the background board, the classic level of this goal is definitely not low in history.
And the consequence is that this goal also directly inspired Zhan to go all out.